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- Sep 14, 2023
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Psychiatry has always been European. All syndromes and mental illnesses were very well explained until 1980. After the 1980s, the United States was extremely behind in psychiatry. A member of the American Psychiatric Association, Robert Spitzer, noticing that people didn't understand psychiatry, didn't know what syndromes were, etc., invented something similar to a questionnaire with questions and answers to guide them. This questionnaire is more or less like this: "How often have you felt sad?" and then you check the boxes, add up the points, match it with the protocol, and get a specific diagnosis.
Instead of psychopathology, which is the foundation of psychiatry, a manual was created that came with a booklet for the sale of medications. If a certain diagnosis is made, prescribe a certain medication. The pharmaceutical industries loved this because it led to an expansion of diagnoses that continues to this day. Meanwhile, psychopathology is practically dead.
As a result, we now have fashionable diseases. It started with bipolar disorder; suddenly, everyone was bipolar. If your dog dies, for example, and you have the misfortune of seeing a psychiatrist from this lost generation, you might leave with a bipolar diagnosis and a prescription for antidepressants. Then came ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, another one that everyone supposedly has. After that, burnout, and now today's trend is autism. If you're introverted or shy and go to a psychiatrist today, you're at risk of receiving an autism diagnosis.
Instead of psychopathology, which is the foundation of psychiatry, a manual was created that came with a booklet for the sale of medications. If a certain diagnosis is made, prescribe a certain medication. The pharmaceutical industries loved this because it led to an expansion of diagnoses that continues to this day. Meanwhile, psychopathology is practically dead.
As a result, we now have fashionable diseases. It started with bipolar disorder; suddenly, everyone was bipolar. If your dog dies, for example, and you have the misfortune of seeing a psychiatrist from this lost generation, you might leave with a bipolar diagnosis and a prescription for antidepressants. Then came ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, another one that everyone supposedly has. After that, burnout, and now today's trend is autism. If you're introverted or shy and go to a psychiatrist today, you're at risk of receiving an autism diagnosis.
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